1 Samuel 7:6 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 7:6

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

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ASV

And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

KJV

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

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Commentary

5 voices

Leo the Great

SERMON 39 (RECENSION A) 1.2 (461)

At one time the Hebrew people and all the Israelite tribes, because of the offensiveness of their sins, were held under the heavy domination of the Philistines. In order to be able to overcome their enemies, as the sacred history shows, they restored strength of soul and body with a self-imposed fast. They had judged rightly that they deserved that hard and wretched subjection because of neglect of God's commandments and the corruption of their lives, and that in vain did they fight with weapons unless they had first made war on their sins.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Poured it out - As an external sign, whereby they testified, both their own filthiness and need of washing by the grace and Spirit of God, and blood of the covenant, and their sincere desire to pour out their hearts before the Lord, in true repentance, and to cleanse themselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And, if we thus confess our sins, we shall find our God faithful and just to forgive us our sins. Samuel judged them at that time in Mizpeh, that is, he assured them, in God's name, of the pardon of their sins, upon their repentance, and that God was reconciled to them. It was a judgment of absolution.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Drew water, and poured it out - It is not easy to know what is meant by this; it is true that pouring out water, in the way of libation, was a religious ordinance among the Hebrews, (Isa 12:3), and among most other nations, particularly the Greeks and Romans, who used, not only water, but wine, milk, honey, and blood, as we find by Homer, Virgil, Euripides, Sophocles, Porphyry, and Lucian. Our Lord seems to allude to this ceremony, Joh 7:37-38 (note), where see the note.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Israel in Mizpeh--At the time of Eli's death he could not have much exceeded twenty years of age; and although his character and position must have given him great influence, it does not appear that hitherto he had done more than prophets were wont to do. Now he entered on the duties of a civil magistrate. WHILE SAMUEL PRAYS, THE PHILISTINES ARE DISCOMFITED.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ	vai.yi.ka.ve.Tzu	and they gathered together	H6908 →
הַ֠מִּצְפָּתָה	Ha.mitz.pa.tah	<the> Mizpah towards	H4709 →
וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־	vai.yish.'a.vu-	and they drew	H7579 →
מַ֜יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכ֣וּ׀	vai.yish.pe.Khu	and they poured [it] out	H8210 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיָּצ֙וּמוּ֙	vai.ya.Tzu.mu	and they fasted	H6684 →
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַה֔וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ	vai.Yo.me.ru	and they said	H559 →
שָׁ֔ם	Sham	there	H8033 →
חָטָ֖אנוּ	cha.Ta.nu	we have sinned	H2398 →
לַיהוָ֑ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט	vai.yish.Pot	and he judged	H8199 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃	ba.mitz.Pah	at <the> Mizpah	H4709 →

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Through
Psalms 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
leads to
- Lamentations 2:19
  Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Philippians 4:6
  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Isaiah 26:4
  Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Psalms 142:2
  I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- 1 Samuel 1:15
  “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Through
2 Samuel 14:14
For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one…
leads to
- Job 30:23
  Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Hebrews 9:27
  Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Through
1 Samuel 1:15
“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
leads to
- Psalms 62:8
  Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

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